Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13,088, Michael Fransisco, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Francisco, Michael or Francisco
S 13088
carded
CONTENTS

Death rep. as June, 1839
21.684 New York Michael Francisco of Yates Co. in the State of New York who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain Woolsey of the Regt. commanded by Col Yates in the New York line for Full term
Michael Francisco.
Records corrected Jan'y 15/06.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 80 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of Sep. 1833 — and M rs L. B. Bown Rushville
Arrears to the 4th of Sep. 30 $ 200 Semi-ant. allowance ending Apr 24 40
$240
{ Revolutionary Claim, as June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Miles Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 4. Page 100

State of New York Yates County ss.
On this twenty eighth day of September in the year Eighteen hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Yates aforesaid, Michael Francisco a resident of the town of Middlesex in the said County, aged sixty nine years on the 12 th day of January last past, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declarations in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated
In the Autumn of the year 1778 he was a volunteer from a Company of Militia to which he belonged at Schaghticoke District in the (then) County of Albany and State of New York and enrolled in a company commanded by Capt. Woolsey, and in the said Company forthwith marched to Fort Edward in the same State, where he served as a soldier in the said Company, and in Col. Yates, Regiment about two months when he was dismissed and returned home.
In the Spring of the following year (1779) but in what month he cannot state he was again called into service as a soldier, and marched from Schaghticoke, aforesaid under the Command of Capt. Henry Vanderhoof to Fort Edward aforesaid and served in garrison at that Fort according to the best of his recollection one month when he was again dismissed.
In the Autumn of the same year he was again called into actual service as a soldier, marched to the same place last above stated, under the same officer, and served about the same period, when he was again dismissed.

He was also called into actual service at another period and marched to Crown Point in the State of New York under Capt. Valderhoof. He is entirely unable to state from his recollection the month or even the year in which such service was done but he knows that the company to which he belonged was part of a body of troops commanded by Gov. George Clinton which marched in pursuit of Sir John Johnson and a body of Indians led by him. The said expedition under Gov. Clinton, crossed Lake George, and proceeded to Crown Point. According to the best of his recollection he was in actual service as a soldier, in the said expedition six weeks.
He subsequently enlisted to serve as a soldier in the State Troops, as he thinks, of the State of New York for the term of Nine Months, and was mustered in a company commanded by Capt. Silas Gray in Col. John McKinstrey's Regiment, and was stationed at Saratoga till the term of such enlistment had nearly expired. A short time before the expiration of his said term of enlistment, he re-enlisted for the term of Three years or during the War . with Lieut. Moore, a recruiting officer at Saratoga and served in the same Company and Regiment in pursuance of his said last enlistment till he was regularly and honorably discharged at or about the close of the Revolutionary War.
He is unable to state from recollection the time of his said last enlistment, or the period of time he served under the said enlistment, but according to the best of his present recollection, it was about two years previous to the close of the Revolutionary War that he so enlisted.
The said deponent further saith, 1 st . That he was born at Horse Neck in the State of New Jersey on the 12 th January 1763

2 nd That he has no record of his age.
3 rd That he lived at Schaghticoke District in the State of New York when he was called into service as aforesaid.
4 th That he was a volunteer uniformly when in service.
5 th He well recollects the officers above named, but was not acquainted with any others which he now recollects.
6 th He received a regular discharge from service under his last enlistment - from Col. John M c Kinstry - which was signed by him and was by deponent delivered to his brother John Francisco - for safe keeping - who informs the deponent that the same is lost.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State.
He has since the war of the Revolution resided in Pittstown, in Wells, in Amsterdam, in Gosham, and in Middlesex all in the State of New York and that he has resided for about eight years last past in the said town of Middlesex in the County of Yates where he now resides. Subscribed & sworn to the Michael Francis day and year aforesaid Thomas J. Morris - Deputy Clerk

We Elias Wager and Michael Pearce - residing in the town of Middlesex in the County of Yates and State of New York hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Michael Francisco who has subscribed and sworn to the foregoing Declaration. That we believe him to be sixty- -nine years of age, That he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a Soldier of the Revolution and that we concur in that opinion. Elias Wager ✓ Subscribed and sworn My affy & grandafona Michael Pearce Thomas J. Morris Deputy Clerk -

State of New York § Ontario County p §
Abraham Garrison, a resident of the town of Gorham in the said County being first duly sworn doth depose and say that he has been acquainted with Michael Francino who has subscribed and sworn to the annexed declaration, from the commencement of the Revolutionary War to the present period. That he well recollects that the said Michael was in actual service as a soldier in Captain Vanderhoof's Company of Militia, at Fort Edward and at the Head of Lake George in the State of New York, but in what year of the revolutionary War he is unable to state. He also recollects that he the said Michael, subsequently enlisted for the term of nine months under Capt. Gray in Col. John M c Kinstrey's Regiment and knows that he served in the said Company as a soldier at Saratoga till about the time of the expiration of the said term. When he the said Michael, enlisted again under Lieut. More. The said deponent further saith that the term for which the said Michael enlisted was three years or during the War and that he repeatedly saw the said Michael in actual service as a soldier in Capt. Silas Gray's Company in Col. John M c Kinstrey's Regiment of State Troops, after his last enlistment as aforesaid for one or two years before the close of the revolutionary War according to the best of his recollection.
Abraham his Garrison mark.
Witness Chester Loomis
Sworn and subscribed to the 24 th day of September 1832 before me
Chester Loomis
One of the Judges of the County Courts of Ontario County aforesaid

State of New York Ontario County ss
Michael Francisco of the town of Middlesex in the County of Yates, whose declaration is herunto annexed personally appeared before me Chester Soomys, a Judge of the County Court of the County of Ontario aforesaid, and being by me duly sworn according to law doth on his oath further depose and say that by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service as a soldier of the Revolution, but that according to the best of his recollection he served as a private soldier, not less than three years and for such service he claims a pension. He further saith that he knows no clergyman whose evidence he can procure as to his character for truth and veracity and the belief in the neighborhood where he resides, as to his having been a soldier of the revolution and further the said deponent saith not.
Sworn and subscribed to the 3 rd day of June 1833 before me
Chester Soomys
Michael Francisco
Judge of the County Court of Ontario County ss

No 19895. Michael Francisco N.Y.
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done E Loomis Pusheville N.Y.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
189
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Michael Francisco Bates Co NY
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and Rank of the Company officers under whom he served. Names and Rank of the General and Field officers. Battles in which the applicant was engaged. Country through which he marched. Place of abode when he entered the service, and age at the present period. Evidence by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     1778 Fall & 1779 Nov about 2 Priv Capt Woodsey Col Bates None N.Y. Aged 69 Albany County NY Declarations of Singleton   1779 Spring 1 " Vanderhoff Gen - NY   Autumn about 1 " " Gen - NY   42 " " Clinton - NY   Enlisted nearly 9 Gray Col McHenry - "   Enlisted 3rd during the war " " -  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c. Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of Private Armed Vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons, claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of A. B. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion. Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person

will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County, in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. } Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given and what has become of it? { To an Officer. } Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it?  7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons -one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify, to the character and standing of other persons, giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the enquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____. For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.
Dyer Easton Ebenezer Dyer

November 15, 1934
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Mrs. D. F. Potter 485 Auburn Avenue Buffalo, New York
MICHAEL FRANSISCO S. 13088 BA-J/MLB Am
Dear Madam:
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 13088, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Michael Fransisco.
Michael Fransisco was born January 12, 1763, at Horseneck, New Jersey; the names of his parents are not given.
While residing with his brother, John, in Schaghticoke District, in what was then Albany County, New York, he volunteered in the autumn of 1778 and served two months as private in Captain Wiltse's company, Colonel Yates' New York regiment. He volunteered in the spring of 1779, served one month as private in Captain Henry Vanderhoof's New York company. He again enlisted in the autumn of that year and served about one month under the same officers. He served another tour of six weeks as private in Captain Vanderhoof's New York company on an expedition to Crown Point in pursuit of Sir John Johnson and the Indians, date of this tour not stated. About two years before the close of the war, he volunteered for nine months in Captain Silas Gray's company, Colonel John McKinstry's New York regiment, stationed at Saratoga; just before his term of enlistment expired, he reenlisted for a term of three years, or during the war, under the same officers, and was discharged at the close of the war.
After the Revolutionary War, the soldier resided in Pittstown, Wells, Amsterdam, Gorham and Middlesex, New York.
Michael Fransisco was allowed pension on his application executed September 28, 1832, while a resident of Middlesex, Yates County, New York, where he had lived eight years. The soldier signed Michael Fransisco .

No reference was made in the claim of Michael Francisco to wife or children.
In 1832, soldier's brother, John Francisco (as his name appears), was a resident of Gorham, Ontario County, New York.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Rev. trans
13.088 INVALID.
1916 Mch. 3. Hist to Kenneth T. Rice 1934 Nov. 15 Hist. to Mrs. D. J. Potter (Rev. ltt. in clm. D. 4486 4 of Henry Francisco) - MFB.
File No. 13.088
Michael Francisco Rev. Peewee War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]
Michael Francisco Records corrected Jan'y 15/06.

Michael Francisco, Declaration
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Michael Francisco

State of New York } Ontario County }
John Francisco of the town of Gosham in said County being duly sworn doth depose and say that Michael Fran- cisco is his brother and lived in his family during the revolutionary War, that said Mi- chael was in the United States Service as captain Van Dyke's company in Colonel Yates Regiment in an expedition under Governor Clinton when he went to Crown Point in pursuit of Sir John Johnson & the Indians, in which he was engaged six weeks and that this deponent was in said Expedition.
That said Michael afterwards in the spring of the year, at Schaghticoke in the County of Albany State of New York joined or enlisted into Capt. Gray's company in the Regiment under command of Colonel John McIntire for nine months, for the pay required to furnish a man - that he was absent nine months, and as this deponent verily believes and always understood, was in the service aforesaid during that time - That the discharge of said Michael was put in the hands of this deponent but has been lost
his John Francisco mark
Sworn to and subscribed this 9 th . day of July 1832 before me
Chester Soomer
State of New York } Ontario County }
Judge of the County Courts
of Ontario County aforesaid
I, Chester Soomer a Judge of the County Courts of the County of Ontario aforesaid before whom the preceding affidavits of John Francisco and of Abraham Garrison were subscribed and sworn to, by the said deponents, do hereby certify that the said John Francisco and the said Abraham Garrison were, at the time said affidavits were so subscribed to and sworn to, both residents of the town of Gosham in the County of Ontario, were credible persons, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
Dated May 30 th 1833
Chester Soomer Judge

State of New York Ontario County ss. I, Charles Crane, Clerk of said county, do hereby certify that Chester Loomis, whose name is subscri- bed to the certificates of the preceding affidavits of Abraham Garrison and John Francisco, and before whom said affi- davits purport to have been sworn, was, at the respective dates thereof, a Judge of the Courts in and for said county: And that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe the said signatures to be his proper act and deed.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty seventh day of September A. D. 1832.
Charles Crane

Michael Francisco Declaration
19835
E. Loomis Agent Rushville N.Y.
Credibility of Statement

Certificate of the Court -
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department - that the above named Applicant Michael Francisco was a Revolutionary Soldier and served as he states - and the court further certifies that it appears to them that Elias Wagar and Michael Brice
who signed the above certificate are residents in the town of Middlesex - in the said county of Yates and are credible persons and that their statements are entitled to credit -
By order of the court T. J. Nevins Deputy Clerk
Certificate of the Clerk -
I Thomas J. Nevins Deputy Clerk of the court of Common Pleas in & for the county of Yates do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Michael Francisco for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this twenty eighth day of September in the year 1832 - Thomas J. Nevins Deputy Clerk

State of New York, Ontario ss: I hereby certify that Chota Toonies Agnew, whose signature appears to the above certificate, one of which is dated on the 3 rd day of June 1833, and the other on the ninth day of July 1833 was, at the date thereof, a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County duly authorized to take the affidavit hereby certified; and that I am well acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe that his signature as aforesaid is Genuine Witness my hand and the seal of said Court at Canandaigua the 4 th June 1833. J. J. Fenton Clerk

Rec. War 1861 V 1
THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED
MANAGER'S OFFICE
NEW YORK, N.Y. FEBRUARY 24, 1916.
IN REPLYING PLEASE REFER TO
REPLYING TO YOUR LETTER OF
CHIEF OF PENSIONS, PENSION DEPT., WASHINGTON D.C.
DEAR SIR:-
WILL YOU KINDLY GIVE ME THE PENSION RECORD, IF ANY, OF ONE MICHAEL FRANCISCO, WHO SERVED IN THE REVOLUT- IONARY WAR FROM NEWYORK STATE.
VERY TRULY YOURS,
Kenneth D. Rice

In reply to your request of _____, received _____ for a statement of the military history of Michael Francisco a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his ( or his widow's ) application for pen- sion on file in this Bureau.
S. 13,088
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Autumn 1778 2 mos. Private Woolsey ✓ New York.   1779 1 mo. Henry Vanderhoof ✓   Autumn 1779 1 mo. " " ✓   ✓ 6 weeks " in pursuit of Sir John Johnson.   about ten yrs. before close of the War. serv'd to about the close thereof. Silas Gray John McKinstry  
Battles engaged in, ✓
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Schaghticoke Dist., Albany Co., N. Y.
Date of application for pension, Sept. 28, 1832. His claim was allowed.
Residence at date of application, Middlesex, Yates Co., New York.
Age at date of application, born Jan'y 12, 1763 at Horseneck, N. J.
Remarks: _____
Respectfully,
brother John's in 1832.
Commissioner.

November 15, 1934
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Mrs. D. F. Potter 485 Auburn Avenue Buffalo, New York
Henry Francisco, S. 44864 Michael Francisco, S. 13088
BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Henry Francisco, pensioned while residing in Whitehall, Washington County, New York, and of Michael Francisco, pensioned in 1832 in Yates County, New York, where he died and whose wife was named Hannah.
Their records are furnished herewith.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator